diff --git a/verible/common/formatting/layout-optimizer.cc b/verible/common/formatting/layout-optimizer.cc
index b7cc6f469..94280770f 100644
--- a/verible/common/formatting/layout-optimizer.cc
+++ b/verible/common/formatting/layout-optimizer.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <ostream>
 #include <utility>
 
-#include "absl/base/config.h"  // for ABSL_LTS_RELEASE_VERSION
+#include "absl/base/config.h"  // NOLINT for ABSL_LTS_RELEASE_VERSION
 #include "absl/container/fixed_array.h"
 #include "absl/log/log.h"
 #include "verible/common/formatting/basic-format-style.h"
diff --git a/verible/common/lsp/lsp-file-utils.cc b/verible/common/lsp/lsp-file-utils.cc
index a5622eb4f..4d2451bf7 100644
--- a/verible/common/lsp/lsp-file-utils.cc
+++ b/verible/common/lsp/lsp-file-utils.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 
-#include "absl/base/config.h"  // for ABSL_LTS_RELEASE_VERSION
+#include "absl/base/config.h"  // NOLINT for ABSL_LTS_RELEASE_VERSION
 #include "absl/strings/escaping.h"
 #include "absl/strings/match.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
diff --git a/verible/verilog/analysis/verilog-linter.cc b/verible/verilog/analysis/verilog-linter.cc
index 5cad2e9df..bdc1fb078 100644
--- a/verible/verilog/analysis/verilog-linter.cc
+++ b/verible/verilog/analysis/verilog-linter.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "absl/base/config.h"  // for ABSL_LTS_RELEASE_VERSION
+#include "absl/base/config.h"  // NOLINT for ABSL_LTS_RELEASE_VERSION
 #include "absl/flags/flag.h"
 #include "absl/log/log.h"
 #include "absl/status/status.h"
diff --git a/verible/verilog/tools/ls/symbol-table-handler.cc b/verible/verilog/tools/ls/symbol-table-handler.cc
index 7a7dd2587..659a4d659 100644
--- a/verible/verilog/tools/ls/symbol-table-handler.cc
+++ b/verible/verilog/tools/ls/symbol-table-handler.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "absl/base/config.h"  // for ABSL_LTS_RELEASE_VERSION
+#include "absl/base/config.h"  // NOLINT for ABSL_LTS_RELEASE_VERSION
 #include "absl/container/flat_hash_map.h"
 #include "absl/flags/flag.h"
 #include "absl/log/log.h"